Yet another FREE BAG!!

Discodee

angelatgraceland wrote: »

There is indeed a place for plastic-but there is too much of it being produced at the moment. If we all cut it down to about 10% of what we are using it would make an immense difference. For some things its great-but we can get some good longlife plastic bags which do the job for milk etc. Better than hundreds of throwawy ones. I also use them for rubbish etc etc-but not as many as I used to. I really do think we should try to ditch the plastic and at the mo Im knitting them into a longlife one! I have also made some out of fabric-old pillowcases are ideal if you dont do well at sewing-just sew on "handles"! These free bags available at the mo are great-I think I will have rather a lot of them by the time Ive got my freebies, plus the homemade ones.

I am not disputing that

The point I was trying to make was, we should be far more concerned about all the pollution our children are breathing in due to cars and mobile phones. If everyone kept their mobiles purely for emergencies and didn't use them willy nilly, there would be hardly any radiation emitted from masts, as very few people find themselves in an emergency situation, and if people used cars only for necessary journeys and didn't leave engines running in stationary cars that would drastically cut pollution. Those of you who are parents. YOUR children are breathing it all in day in day out, so think about that next time you phone someone from tesco to ask what they'd like for tea!


That is FAR more worrying than plastic bags!

wppilgrim

Just ordered mine. many thanks.

wppilgrim

Just ordered mine. Many Thanks.......

jumblejack

angelatgraceland wrote: »

There is indeed a place for plastic-but there is too much of it being produced at the moment. If we all cut it down to about 10% of what we are using it would make an immense difference. For some things its great-but we can get some good longlife plastic bags which do the job for milk etc. Better than hundreds of throwawy ones. I also use them for rubbish etc etc-but not as many as I used to. I really do think we should try to ditch the plastic and at the mo Im knitting them into a longlife one! I have also made some out of fabric-old pillowcases are ideal if you dont do well at sewing-just sew on "handles"! These free bags available at the mo are great-I think I will have rather a lot of them by the time Ive got my freebies, plus the homemade ones.

What a fab idea!!!

somewhere_sunlight

Just ordered mine Thanks

kazzywazzles

Excellent find, just ordered mine thanks

snakeonline

great freebie, thanks

Horace

Thanks I just ordered mine too.

I have a stack of re-usable bags from Tesco plastic to co-op fabric. I use plastic bags as binliners all over the house as well as storing stuff in them. They're great when I go camping to either keep things dry or to chuck stuff away. If I get a surplus (I do sometimes) then I take them to my local charity shop and they use them there - they have told me that Morrisons bags are strongest and they use them when they sell heavier items plus they save bags because they don't have to double bag.

As for kids not wallking to school the parents should be ashamed to drive them - I used to walk 2.5 miles to school even though the bus from the next village used to go past the end of my road. Walking never did me any harm plus it kept the weight off - parents wonder today why their kids are so fat.

Sorry just jumped on the soapbox for a minute but have jumped off it now.:D

jumblejack

Discodee wrote: »

I wouldn't say we need to ditch it.

Not wanting to start a row, a debate yes,

while landfills are concerning, what REALLY bothers me, which everyone seems oblivious to, is exhaust fumes.

Would you allow anyone to smoke in your house, thus allowing your children to breathe in harmful chemicals?

I wouldn't. You probably wouldn't.

But do you know that exhaust fumes are FAR FAR more dangerous?
In a list 21 ways to beat cancer, avoid exhaust fumes was number TWO!! Avoid passive smoking was much further down the list.

yet people drive a mile to school instead of walking, drive to the paper shop, and what REALLY gets me, sit in their car with the engine ticking over while they are stationary. That is an OFFENCE!! But no-one ever gets fined. Buses picking up kids for trips at school sit with their engines running, and the teachers are too scared to tell them to switch it off!! if they were smoking they'd tell em to put it out tho, even tho the exhaust fumes are far more deadly.

This country needs to get its priorities right. yes I am concerned about recycling and such. Very much. but it bother me far more what my children are breathing in. Think of it every time you use your mobile too, because every time you use it you are ausing dnagerous radiation to be emitted from one of the hundreds of thousands of masts all iover the country. (And no, I don't have a mobile and nor does anyone in our family. We don't agree with the masts so we don't have a phone. PLus they're darned expensive; I'd rather take the kids on holiday than pay for/maintain one)

Just a thought but....Why not put this on a discussions forum instead of putting people off the idea of using reusable bags on a freebie forum?

milesoneill

angelatgraceland wrote: »

There is indeed a place for plastic-but there is too much of it being produced at the moment. If we all cut it down to about 10% of what we are using it would make an immense difference. .

First: Thanks to op for the freebie. Can't wait to get one.

Secondly: Plastic bags form a very small part (both by volume and weight) of our overall UK waste. Whilst removing them will reduce the eye-sores they create in the countryside when they become airborne, the increased purchase of bin-liners will mean that the overall amount of plastic entering landfill sites will not noticably decrease.
However, handy as they are, I too want to see then charged-for in supermarkets like they do in the ROI. You adapt your shopping habits very quickly, and although the waste benefit isn't truly felt, a cleaner country is always better for tourism.